Germany - Union ends outsourcing at Deutsche Post DHL - June 1, 2019

Union Ver.di was able to eliminate the two-tiered workforce after long rounds of negotiations. As a result more than 14,000 outsourced drivers will be reintegrated in Deutsche Post DHL. Since four years these employees in the parcel delivery have been employed against lower standards than workers in the postal division. The aim of Ver.di: ‘one company, one workforce, one agreement’ will be implemented from July 1, 2019. The company itself also seems to gain from this insourcing because administration costs will be lower.

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